I mentioned the other day about my injury from running, you know, the one that happened a whole three days into starting a sloooow running program (this made me feel so incredibly old and creaky, by the way). My knees were in a lot of pain while I was running, with some very slight ankle pain. Since the initial injury, my ankle has actually become the primary discomfort, but my knees are still bugging me plenty. I had switched gears to swimming and cycling instead, and while nothing would hurt while I was doing those, it seemed like my pains weren't resolving at all so I have taken the last several days off as a precaution.
This morning I went to see our chiropractor, Jake Luce, who is seriously amazing (he also happens to specialize in sports injuries). I've loved him ever since I went to him after Peter was born. I had been having this crazy knee pain for months, and after seeing a different chiropractor several times with no relief, I switched to this guy, and in one visit he found the issue, adjusted me, and gave me the right stretch to do to alleviate it. My pain was gone in one week. Take my money, just take it!
Any who, if anyone could fix me, Jake could. This morning he told me that I have some tendonitis, that was caused in large part because I went from zero workouts to lots of workouts, and that my feet are over pronating while I run. He's going to work on me one or two more times and told me to get running shoes that will prevent that over pronation, and stick to low or non impact things like swimming and cycling until it resolves. All of that should keep me from having those pains again. Fingers crossed.
Long story short, I shouldn't be in pain for the rest of my life! And, swimming and cycling should be fine so I can keep those morning workouts! That and I get to go shoe shopping for special running shoes. I'll take it! Labels: Exercise, Personal Growth